KIBBLINGS.
A little nonsense now and then. Is relished by the wisest men.
At the girls' Sunday school. Teaoher : "There are just a few momenta now before school closes. Would any of you like to nsk a question P" Immature woman of seven : "Yes, m'ro, I should. When Adam fell did Eve giggle behind her handkerchief ?"
Mrs. Flagg : " John, there's a long red hair on your shoulder. And jour sleeve ib ripped, too." Mr. Flajra : " Yes, I put the hair on myself so you'd notice the ripped place."
"Tell your mistress that 1 have torn the coverlet," eaid a gentleman to a facetious domestic of his lodging-house. — " Very wsll," replied the chatnbenriaid, "mistress will put ie down as rent." ' '
She : "Do you lo«-e music ? I am passionately fond of it."i Ho (jußt introduced) : '"I >new you were. I watched you the other night nt the opera, and the way your jaw kppt time to the *insio was a—'" " She : Sir !" !
"Yon will let me co to your weddinp, will you nr.t, dear ?" said one girl to another. " Upon my word, I can't promise. My folks? are in euoh a rope about toy weddiup that I am cot cure tley will even lot me to it myself."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8628, 14 November 1889, Page 4
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